Sunday, 8 April 2012

"I can go into confession and say I have been in every sauna and
bath-house and sex club in London 10 times a week and I can get absolved
from my sins, but if I go in and say, 'I have been in love with a man
for 19 years, married for 14,' there's no absolution. That's the
sickness in my Church."

Father Bernard Lynch interviewed by the Independent On Sunday.
"He claims that half of all Catholic priests are gay
– and has himself been married to his husband for 14 years. He believes
celibacy is to blame for many of the Church's problems – and that the
Vatican must take responsibility for the paedophilia in its midst. Is it
any wonder so many people want rid of Father Bernard Lynch?"
That's the funny thing about religion - good men tend to get crucified.